Hock slams 'coward' McNamara

Gareth Hock has had another go at Steve McNamara, while Marwan Koukash has rubbed salt in the wound by claiming he should not have been reappointed as England coach: http://www.totalrl.c...ys-gareth-hock/

Mc namara was bang out of order not showing hock respect, phoning him to tell him and not arranging a meeting to tell him to his face!
Hock showed loads of respect by breaking the rules and not bothering to turn up for a meeting!

From a representative level , with Ginger Farrell , Ferres, Westwood , and the odd few Burgesses that can put a shift in as a backrow forward ,

Then you have Brad Singleton , Elliot Whitehead and possiblely Greg Burke , Ben Currie etc in the pipieline.

It was unlikely Hock would prominently figure in future plans.

The interesting thing is this story , together with the recent press regarding Rangi Chase ' reconsidering his ' England ties smacks of Noble dealing with the baggage left over from the RLWC and instilling a team ethic.

Koukash on McNamara , Chase & Hock getting the ' retaliation in first , it's Noble's Salford battening down the hatches. We all know it was Hocks mistake.

From a representative level , with Ginger Farrell , Ferres, Westwood , and the odd few Burgesses that can put a shift in as a backrow forward ,

Then you have Brad Singleton , Elliot Whitehead and possiblely Greg Burke , Ben Currie etc in the pipieline.

It was unlikely Hock would prominently figure in future plans.

The interesting thing is this story , together with the recent press regarding Rangi Chase ' reconsidering his ' England ties smacks of Noble dealing with the baggage left over from the RLWC and instilling a team ethic.

Koukash on McNamara , Chase & Hock getting the ' retaliation in first , it's Noble's Salford battening down the hatches. We all know it was Hocks mistake.

It's definitely newsworthy, a former international is labelling the national coach a coward.

It's definitely newsworthy, a former international is labelling the national coach a coward.

Ok LE are not exactly having to scrabble around to find a story this week , with Lenagan , Koukash , critical on the ' force majeure' Sky contract & the 8yr term , Moran , Hetherington , Davy also seeming to imply a Marquee Player ruling was a favoured . option.

It's definitely newsworthy, a former international is labelling the national coach a coward.

yep but also depends how the story is presented. If the sentence started "disgraced...." then a little more about his behaviors including previous episodes then it would present itself in another light.

Whereas the journalist seems more keen in helping to attack Mcnamara rather than a laughable complaint from Hock angle...

Interesting to reflect on this the day after KP was "retired" from playing for England. To what extent should allowances be made for potential game changers in a wider group? To end up losing 3 potentially significant squad members and going into the most important game of the decade minus one of our best players suggests to me a failure of man management on McNamara's part. Combined with a total lack of professionalism on the part of the players involved.

Reading about Wigan in the late 80s/early 90s, lots of those players were awkward and hated each other. The greats were given far greater leaway than some might consider healthy. The result was the greatest team our game ever saw in the open era. You don't pick Hock without a tailored strategy for dealing with him and considering how the group will blend. Picking him and then failing to deal with him results in the worst of all worlds.

It seemed,was,and is, a disgraceful way to treat any human being on any level and there also seemed to be an air of victimization about the whole process.
It started off on Twitter rumours and then Gareth Hock explaining on a tv interview that he missed his rehab after going for a drink.

As a comparison;in the round-ball game southern softie stereotype Glen Hoddle was man enough to go to the room of Paul Gascoigne and tell him he had lost his place in the England national side.

In rugby league Australia went for a drink together in the days/nights leading up to a game.Slater got himself separated and involved in an altercation,was arrested,housed in a cell for a time and then released.

His management were adult.Dealt with it correctly and Slater was part of a world cup winning team.

Hock wasn't.Just hung out to dry amidst any allegation that could be thought up by the 'supporters' of the game.

Pleased he is at Salford.Hope he has a fabulous 2014.

Here is another foreigner teaching the thick English that you should not treat every individual the same because everyone is different

yep but also depends how the story is presented. If the sentence started "disgraced...." then a little more about his behaviors including previous episodes then it would present itself in another light.

Whereas the journalist seems more keen in helping to attack Mcnamara rather than a laughable complaint from Hock angle...

Not at all, I was simply reporting the facts. There is no purposeful angle on it. It is not right to impose your view on others, you tell readers what has happened and let them make up their own mind.